St. Peterburg Regatta Report
John B and Gib survive the wind to take the wins
by Dee Dudinsky

Saturday was a very very windy day. We went to Pavillion 3 at the south end of the lake, hoping for some protection from the trees.(not). Bob Brown sold his boat before we started and withdrew from race. The Gold fleet got in 4 races and the Silver fleet only sailed 2 races, because of sustained winds in excess of roughly 18 knots, with gusts to 30. After several demasting and one boat that wanted to visit the other shore -- the vote was to postponed till Sunday. The St Pete Airport had reported gusts to 47.

We also had 2 first time participants -- Mervin Jones from Charleston, SC and Don Krippendorf from Parrish, FL

Saturday dinner was at the greek restaurant again. There was 1 person who had a hard time remebering there was a light fixture above them (5 hits later I think they figured it out). It was a different girl this year dancing (I didn't hear any complaints).

On Sunday we had 3 no shows (Earl Mills had a prior commitment, John Harrington didn't make it back, and Jack Wubbe had equipment failure. Lots of rain early - some gusts. The rest of Sundays races were in 6-10 knots out of the Northwest. We managed 8 races in Gold fleet and 10 races in Silver fleet on Sunday for a total of 12 heats for each fleet. Fred Pheil - who was leading Sat (3 bullets and a 3rd) had a WET radio and couldn't continue.

I want to thank Jackie Mills for the scoresheets and scorkeeping on Saturday. She had prior commitments on Sunday as well. I also want to thank Ann Gelina for helping with the finishes through wet and dry on Sunday (she was a godsend). Thanks also to our 2 guys from Saturday, Fred and John. I also want to thank Derek Dudinsky for help with setting marks, starts, finishes and retrival boat.

Gold-Fleet Results

   
1 John Bottensek 34  
2 Bob Greer 43  
3 Tony Rieck 50  
4 Al Dion 64  
5 Alan Perkins 69 tie breaker
6 Ed Gelina 69  
7 Carter Cain 70  
8 Bud Elder 80  
9 Martin Raishbrook 88  
10 Jack Ward 106  
11 Dick Reinke 108  
12 Jim Kaighin 110  
13 Fred Pfeil 118 did not sail on Sunday
14 Joe Phillips 127  
15 Jack Wubbe 139 did not sail on Sunday

Silver-Fleet Results

   
1 Gib Loesel 41  
2 Frank Vella 46  
3 Jim Pardee 49  
4 Mervin Jones 55  
5 John Garver 66  
6 Chris Kuhn 67  
7 Brenda Pardee 80  
8 Al Stall 84  
9 Don Krippendorf 91  
10 Jim Black 94 tie breaker
11 Ed Atkinson 94  
12 Dave Harrington 94  
13 Martin Gray 141  
14 Earl Mills 155 did not sail on Sunday
15 John Harrington 163 did not sail on Sunday